

By Uditha Jayasinghe and Channa Kumara
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka is considering a restructure of local and sovereign debt, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Friday, as the island nation battles its worst financial crisis in its independent history.
The country is due to restart bailout talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in August in the hope of securing $3 billion in funding.
The government is working with its financial and legal advisers Lazard (NYSE:LAZ) and Clifford Chance to finalise a plan to restructure overseas debt, including about $12 billion owed to bondholders.
"Have we got to look at local debt? That has far-reaching consequences," Wickremesinghe told a conference in Colombo. "The financial advisors are looking at both things."
Sri Lanka's central bank governor said on July 7 the country would not seek to restructure local debt.
The IMF has also previously warned countries of issues restructuring local debt, pointing to the impact on domestic banks.
"Restructuring domestic debt is like surgery - you only do it if you must, and you avoid it if it might do more harm than good," officials at the IMF said in a blog post in December.
PROTESTS EASE
Hit hard by the pandemic, which decimated the vital tourism industry, and by tax cuts pushed through by the government of then-President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka is experiencing its worst economic crisis since independence from Britain in 1948.
Snaking fuel queues and soaring inflation have become the norm for ordinary Sri Lankans.
Months of unrest toppled Rajapaksa in July after protesters occupied key government buildings in Colombo.
Some protesters began vacating a protest site in the commercial capital Colombo on Friday, despite police declining to enforce an order to remove them.
Lawyers for the government told the Supreme Court on Friday it would not seek to remove protesters from the site - known as Gota Go Gama, or village, in mocking tribute to Rajapaksa - until Aug. 10, a lawyer involved in the hearing told Reuters.
Police had earlier given protesters until 5 p.m. (1130 GMT) on Friday to vacate the site.
Some protesters, however, were seen taking down tents at the site, opposite the country's Presidential Secretariat, ahead of the Supreme Court decision.
"We are not dismantling because of the police order," Gayan Madushanka, a 26-year-old protester, told Reuters.
"For the moment we are leaving this place to continue the struggle which took place all over the country. The struggle will not end."
EUR/USD
1.0314
+0.0103 (+1.01%)
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EUR/USD
1.0314
+0.0103 (+1.01%)
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GBP/USD
1.2203
+0.0123 (+1.01%)
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USD/JPY
133.07
-2.07 (-1.53%)
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AUD/USD
0.7044
+0.0080 (+1.15%)
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USD/CAD
1.2840
-0.0048 (-0.37%)
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Buy (8)
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EUR/JPY
137.26
-0.73 (-0.53%)
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EUR/CHF
0.9724
-0.0013 (-0.13%)
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Gold Futures
1,808.90
-3.40 (-0.19%)
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Sell (12)
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Silver Futures
20.515
+0.033 (+0.16%)
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Sell (10)
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Copper Futures
3.6338
+0.0483 (+1.35%)
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Sell (8)
Indicators:
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Crude Oil WTI Futures
89.66
-0.84 (-0.93%)
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Sell (10)
Indicators:
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Brent Oil Futures
95.51
-0.80 (-0.83%)
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Natural Gas Futures
7.816
-0.017 (-0.22%)
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Indicators:
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US Coffee C Futures
219.20
+6.45 (+3.03%)
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Indicators:
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Euro Stoxx 50
3,744.05
+28.68 (+0.77%)
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Buy (5)
Sell (7)
Indicators:
Buy (1)
Sell (7)
S&P 500
4,185.90
+63.43 (+1.54%)
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Buy (12)
Sell (0)
Indicators:
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DAX
13,657.35
+122.38 (+0.90%)
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FTSE 100
7,500.99
+12.84 (+0.17%)
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Hang Seng
19,610.84
-392.60 (-1.96%)
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Buy (12)
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Indicators:
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US Small Cap 2000
1,943.65
+34.64 (+1.81%)
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Indicators:
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IBEX 35
8,351.25
+39.35 (+0.47%)
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BASF SE NA O.N.
44.370
+0.375 (+0.85%)
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Buy (8)
Sell (4)
Indicators:
Buy (8)
Sell (0)
Bayer AG NA
51.93
-0.23 (-0.44%)
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Sell (12)
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Allianz SE VNA O.N.
179.14
+0.58 (+0.32%)
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NeutralMoving Avg:
Buy (5)
Sell (7)
Indicators:
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Sell (3)
Adidas AG
171.87
+2.87 (+1.70%)
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Deutsche Lufthansa AG
6.621
+0.048 (+0.73%)
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Sell (1)
Siemens AG Class N
108.50
+1.98 (+1.86%)
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Buy (10)
Sell (2)
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Buy (9)
Sell (0)
Deutsche Bank AG
8.788
+0.061 (+0.70%)
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Buy (11)
Sell (1)
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EUR/USD | 1.0314 | ↑ Sell | |||
GBP/USD | 1.2203 | ↑ Sell | |||
USD/JPY | 133.07 | Sell | |||
AUD/USD | 0.7044 | Sell | |||
USD/CAD | 1.2840 | ↑ Buy | |||
EUR/JPY | 137.26 | ↑ Sell | |||
EUR/CHF | 0.9724 | ↑ Sell |
Gold | 1,808.90 | ↑ Sell | |||
Silver | 20.515 | ↑ Sell | |||
Copper | 3.6338 | ↑ Sell | |||
Crude Oil WTI | 89.66 | ↑ Sell | |||
Brent Oil | 95.51 | ↑ Sell | |||
Natural Gas | 7.816 | ↑ Sell | |||
US Coffee C | 219.20 | Neutral |
Euro Stoxx 50 | 3,744.05 | ↑ Sell | |||
S&P 500 | 4,185.90 | ↑ Buy | |||
DAX | 13,657.35 | ↑ Sell | |||
FTSE 100 | 7,500.99 | ↑ Sell | |||
Hang Seng | 19,610.84 | ↑ Buy | |||
Small Cap 2000 | 1,943.65 | ↑ Buy | |||
IBEX 35 | 8,351.25 | ↑ Buy |
BASF | 44.370 | ↑ Buy | |||
Bayer | 51.93 | ↑ Sell | |||
Allianz | 179.14 | Neutral | |||
Adidas | 171.87 | ↑ Buy | |||
Lufthansa | 6.621 | ↑ Buy | |||
Siemens AG | 108.50 | ↑ Buy | |||
Deutsche Bank AG | 8.788 | ↑ Buy |
Mua/Bán 1 chỉ SJC # So hôm qua # Chênh TG | |
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SJC Eximbank | 6,600![]() ![]() (-20 ![]() ![]() |
SJC HCM | 6,600![]() ![]() (-20 ![]() ![]() |
SJC Hanoi | 6,600![]() ![]() (-20 ![]() ![]() |
SJC Danang | 6,600![]() ![]() (-20 ![]() ![]() |
SJC Nhatrang | 6,600![]() ![]() (-20 ![]() ![]() |
SJC Cantho | 6,600![]() ![]() (-20 ![]() ![]() |
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ↀ Giá vàng thế giới | ||
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$1,795.50 | +1.33 | 0.07% |
ʘ Giá bán lẻ xăng dầu | ||
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Sản phẩm | Vùng 1 | Vùng 2 |
RON 95-V | 26.280 | 26.800 |
RON 95-III | 25.600 | 26.110 |
E5 RON 92-II | 24.620 | 25.110 |
DO 0.05S | 23.900 | 24.370 |
DO 0,001S-V | 25.880 | 26.390 |
Dầu hỏa 2-K | 24.530 | 25.020 |
ↂ Giá dầu thô thế giới | |||
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WTI | $89.28 | +0.55 | 0.61% |
Brent | $95.05 | +0.72 | 0.75% |
$ Tỷ giá Vietcombank | ||
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Ngoại tệ | Mua vào | Bán ra |
USD | 23.220,00 | 23.530,00 |
EUR | 23.251,88 | 24.554,01 |
GBP | 27.508,91 | 28.682,08 |
JPY | 168,20 | 178,07 |
KRW | 15,46 | 18,84 |
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